Sarah Kate is 1

Sarah turned 1 year old on Friday. We had a wonderful pool party with family and friends. Sarah had a great day and received lots of great presents!

Play Time

Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

11 Months Old!

That's right! Sarah Kate is 11 months old today! It is hard to believe it has almost been a year! She is VERY busy exploring her world. She is so much fun but will wear you out! We have visited the pool a few times and she loves it of course. We went to the beach this past weekend and she enjoyed playing in the sand and water. She even managed to "taste" a little sand. She continues to call all dogs Izzy but we are working on her saying Ali. Sarah can also say "baby" and uses this to describe a picture collage that my mom has of Sarah hanging on her wall. Sarah will point to it and say "baby". So sweet! She is not showing signs of being ready to walk anytime time soon but we have seen her stand on her on her own without holding on to anything or anyone a few times. We are definitely not rushing her to walk at this point as she is tough enough to keep with now.

New Family Member

Meet Miss Ali-Bama Mountjoy - Ali for short. She is an Australian Shepard/Lab mix mutt that we adopted. She is super sweet and Sarah and her are getting along great. Ali loves to lick Sarah and Sarah just giggles. Toby is not sure what to think at this point. I think he thinks that she is just visiting and is being tolerant. The hope is that the new puppy will keep him young. So far they do not pay too much attention to each other. Enjoy the pictures, especially the one of Toby - this is his current attitude about the situation.

10 Months Old

Wow the time is indeed flying by. Sarah turned 10 months old Sunday. She is so active and interactive. She claps and waves and we are working on giving high fives. She has two teeth on the bottom and four coming in up top. She is crawling everywhere and pulling up as well. She says Mama and Dada but I don't think it is really on purpose. However, she does say Izzy (the name of Michael's dog) and it does seems to be on purpose so I guess that might be her first word? Sometimes when I drop Sarah off at daycare, I linger a bit and watch her interact with the other kids. They are so cute playing together. Her teacher tells me that she can do whatever the boys do...I wonder where she gets that from?! Here are a few pictures. She is so mobile now it is hard to get good shots. I have many more but they are all blurry from her moving so fast.

9 Months Old and Easter

Friday, April 2nd Sarah turned 9 months old. We visited the pediatrician that day and Dr Shelley said that she is looking good. She is still tiny on weight - 16lbs but is long! She is officially crawling and busy. She has pulled up a few times but does not do it on a regular basis. Sarah claps her hands, waves bye and sticks her tongue in and out on command. She eats table food and pretty much likes everything we give her except green beans. She is a very good eater! She babbles a lot and sometimes it sounds like she is trying to repeat things back to us. Easter Sunday was beautiful day here, so I set up Sarah's baby pool (since the real pool is still too cold) and she had a blast splashing around. This summer is going to be fun! She has almost 6 teeth - 2 on the bottom and four up top. As everyone has warned - she is growing up fast.

St Patrick's Day

Today, Sarah, Gary and I experienced our first St. Patrick's Day together as a family of three. We started early this morning and went downtown for the parade. We had great seats thanks to a friend sho was there at 5am to claim them. The weather was decent - about 56 degrees and overcast. We had a few raindrops but the down pour held off until after the parade. Sarah was great the whole day and really enjoyed all of the action. She even managed to get a 3o minute power nap in with several marching bands coming by. After the parade, we enjoyed our traditional delicious late lunch at Sr. Pat's house (which is right on the parade route). It was a wonderful day! (on a side note, we watched a guy on a Harley in the parade loose control and put the bike on it's side- luckily he was ok but that Harley is going to need a little money spent on it for repairs - unlucky!)